Most Britons who take holidays try to get to the sun for the obvious
reason
that it's v. unreliable here. Many of us deplore our own inclinations in
this respect and make a vow to 'stay in England' for our next holiday,
only
to crave some real, lengthy, reliable sun and book yet another foreign
holiday.
The 'poverty' you cite as the 'reason' that the British don't travel
around
their own country, would no doubt account for the hordes of packages
holiday
makers flying out of Britain every year, bound for worldwide destinations!
I don't know what your interest is in trying to show this country as some
kind of hand-to-mouth world, composed almost entirely of impoverished
stay-at-homes but your arguments are not exactly compelling and your
information seems to be rooted in the 1920s or 30s or even the Wilson
years
of no more than £30 to be taken abroad - which led to the development of
package holidays in the first place. Your outlook is sadly old-fashioned
and out of date.
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I am fully aware of the travel habits .... at any given time it is estimated
that there are over 500,000 Brits in florida alone....here on the Cape we
see them all the time.....what do you have in England now...around the 60
million or so.....betcha 30million + cannot afford those holidays you refer
to.....yes I know some of the poorer ones do travel abroad....a great friend
of mine on social security travels to somewhere in Spain at least every
other year.....I suspect I am far from being naive.....this country is
touted to be the richest country in the world (if you believe that) and yet
there are millions that cannot afford what, per you, the majority in the UK
can afford....poppycock and balderdash.....England is no different than the
USA when it comes to affordabilty.....H